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rBar Counter and Mat( No. 234,028.

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'To all whom it may concern:

GHARLS P. GRUT AND WILLIAM E. BURK, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.,l SAID BURK ASSlGrNOR- TO SAD GROT.

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SPEOIFICATIN forming peri; of

Be it known that We, CHARLES l?. Gnou'r and WILLIAM E. Buen, .both of the city of New York, in the county andtate o'fNeW York, have invented certain new and useful- Improvements in Bar-Jonnters andMats there for,of which the iellowingis a specification.

Our invention consists in a barmst of indierubber the upper surface oi which is ot' cellular formation, with' h oles or apertures at the bottoms of the cells, and the lower surface of which is provided with separate feet, projections, or bearing-points, so that when laid upon a bar Waste liquid passing through the apertures in the cells may be free to flow under it to a suitable Waste-receptacle.

The invention further consistsvin the coni` bination, with a bar-Counter having o raised edge and preferably also a starting or inclined top, of a mat of the kind above described tting with seid raised edge.

The liquor spilled upon the counter, espeeially heer, does not require to be frequently wiped up, as is now the ease, but is retained by the eells in the inat, and runs through the apertures therein and along the counter into any suitable Vessel. We may also` employ a spraypipe extending along one side of the counter forinjecting water under the niet and Washing awa-y the liquid and dregs.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a transverse Vertical section of a bar-counter provided with our improved niet. Fig. 2 represents a plan of a portion of the met; and Fig. 3 represents sectional view thereof upon the irregular dotted line x' 5c, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference designate'correspending parts in all the figures.

A designates our improved mat, composed ot' india-rubber, which may be made of any color or variety of colors desired. The upper surface ot this niet is of cellular formation, the cells being made of eireular, polygonal, orother form and placed near together, they being only separated preferably by a thin edge orwell, here represented by a single line.

In the bottom ot' the cells are holes or apertures a', through which all the liquid spilled Letters Patent No. 234,028, dated November 2, 1880. Application led September 28, 1880.

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adording provision for a free circulation ot Water under it., These feet or bearingpoints, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, are placed midway between the holes or apertures o, and under the ridges separating the cells in the upper surface' of the mat.

The mat is preferably slightly thicker at one side than the other, as clearly shown in Figs. l l and 3, so that when placed upon e counter f havin gan inclined upper surface, like the eoun,` ter B here i1lustrated,itsuppersurhee will he level.

The counter B is furnished with "ginsl riin, U, which keeps the niet in plane upon it.

ln lieu of the feet h, the niet might be pro-v videdufith ribs or ridges s tending parallel with eaeh other from side side of the niet., forming a series ot elxannrl u the isolated bearingv'ioi they a'ord provision for in any direction.

The mats A, which are simply luid counter, may be readily removed te s, vision for cleaning them and the top o counter; vbut we preferably employ a ,p rated pipe, d, extending along one edge et' the counter and adapted to discharge Writer under the mais, which flows down the inclined 'face of the counter through a pipe, e, into a '85 box, G, or other reeeptaele,fioin whioh it may be removed through a pipe, f, or connected directly with the sewer-pipe. p

Bar-mats of this kind, though. particularly adapted for beer-counters, are also applieehle to soda-Water Counters and hars in genera-l, They are intended to take the planeet' the per forat-ed'brass plates heretofore used, wliieli ure dilficult to keep clean and must frequently be wiped. f i

What .we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A bar-1nat otindia-rubber the upper-snr inat slightly rabove the -lei'el sur- 55,-

face of which is ofcellular formation, with holes or apertures in the bottoms of the oeils, and the under surface provided with projections or feet, Ibetween which waste liquid passing through the mat may flow to a suitable reoeptaaie, substantially as specified.

2. The Combination, with a countei" having an upturned rim or flange, of abar-matvtitting Within said iiangezniade of india-rubber, having e cellular upper surface, with holes or aper- 'tnies in the bottoms of the cells, and. having its under surface provided with feet or projeetions7 substontiallyfas, specified.

3. The combination ofthe counter` B, having an upturneilring, the mat A, fitting Within said 15 rim, and the peiiforated pipes d, all substantially us -speciiiekh l CEAS.' I. GROUT.

WM. E. BURK.

VVituesses:

FREDK. HAYNES,

A. C. WEBB. 

